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  • BREAKING: Fire guts Ooni’s palace

    BREAKING: Fire guts Ooni’s palace

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    Femi Ajasa
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    A building inside the Ile Oodua’s Palace of Ooni of Ife was on Wednesday gutted by fire, causing panic in the ancient city. The spokesperson to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Comrade Moses Olafare has said that the reported fire outbreak at the palace of the front line monarch on…

  • Senate adjourns sitting over fire incident

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    Femi Ajasa
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    The Senate has suspended its Thursday’s sitting after fire broke out in a section of the National Assembly building. The fire at the maintenance unit of the senate occurred at about 11 a.m. Lawmakers initially tried to go ahead with its plenary, but were compelled to cut it short. After adoption of votes and proceedings,…

  • 13 killed, N623m property destroyed in 268 fire incidents in 2016 – official

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Thirteen lives and property worth N625 million were destroyed in 268 fire incidents in Plateau last year, according to Mr. Michael Dung, Director, Plateau State Fire Service. Dung told the newsmen on Tuesday in Jos that the service was able to rescue seven lives and property worth N4.2 billion during the period. He said that…